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but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's trying to do now is the equivalent of riding a bike through the eye of a needle. well, we watched half of it. we'll see the rest of it tonight perhaps. did he succeed? >> no, he didn't succeed at all, and he didn't succeed on either front, and that's the key point here is that he had to do two different things that were very different, very divergent, and he failed at both. this is what he had to do. first, he had to show the united states anti-doping agency that he was contrite, that he was serious about taking their findings as the new law of the land. that their findings about him wer
but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's...
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no, lance armstrong was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. joining me is "the daily beast's" buzz bissinger and sports editor for "the nation" dave zirin. buzz, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for "newsweek" entitled "i still believe in lance armstrong," and yet last night his interview with oprah winfrey began with a series of yes and no questions. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of t
no, lance armstrong was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose...
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it's always about winning for lance armstrong. even the confessions now is about winning, because he wants to rehabilitate the image and compete once again. you can't blame him for that. but again you see it's something that is a plan that has been put together by his team. >> the fact that he was raising a lot of money for cancer and has done a lot of good things for people, was this his justification for his operation, the way his behavior and the way he was competing and cheating and lying? >> again, we have to give him credit that he wanted to help other people but in many ways that becomes a rationalization. we use that as a way to shield ourselves from the cold, hard truth that perhaps we are cold and hard by doing these things that may not be from the heart but to help us as far as the public perception. >> personally, does he need rehabilitation? >> this is a man who i truly believe needs to feel what's inside. i think he has locked out a lot of those emotions, a lot of feelings, brought in his own hype about winning. that
it's always about winning for lance armstrong. even the confessions now is about winning, because he wants to rehabilitate the image and compete once again. you can't blame him for that. but again you see it's something that is a plan that has been put together by his team. >> the fact that he was raising a lot of money for cancer and has done a lot of good things for people, was this his justification for his operation, the way his behavior and the way he was competing and cheating and...
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it's always about winning for lance armstrong. even the confessions now is about winning, because he wants
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. >>> let's stay with sports now and lance armstrong. he opened up to oprah winfrey in a second and final part of their really highly anticipated interview about the effect his doping had on his family. and he actually teared up a bit when he recalled telling his 13-year-old son about using those performance enhancing drugs. >> when this all really started, i saw my son defending me. and saying, that's not true. what you're saying about my dad is not true. and it almost goes to this question of "why now?" and i can't -- yeah. that's when i knew i had to tell him. and he'd never ask me. he never said, dad, is this true? he trusted me. i said, don't defend me anymore. don't. >> but even after those tears, armstrong, the competitor, came through. you know, after this unbelievable fall from grace, the lifetime ban, he says he wants to race again. ed lavendera is in armstrong's hometown of austin, texas. ed, a thousand-page report from u.s.ada on doping. stripped of the tour de france titles, losing the olympic medal from sydney in 2000, the
. >>> let's stay with sports now and lance armstrong. he opened up to oprah winfrey in a second and final part of their really highly anticipated interview about the effect his doping had on his family. and he actually teared up a bit when he recalled telling his 13-year-old son about using those performance enhancing drugs. >> when this all really started, i saw my son defending me. and saying, that's not true. what you're saying about my dad is not true. and it almost goes to...
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he was an incredible competitor after lance armstrong and lance armstrong, as betty said, went after greg lemond. do you think lance armstrong gets it, bill? >> i think he gets that he should get it, and i think what we're seeing here is he's really struggling with it. what's interesting to me is there's sort of parallel views of this going on. there's a lot of people who are skeptical, but i was reading all the reactions today from jonathan and tyler hamilton and frankie. they have all acknowledged how hard it is just to do what he's done, and frankie in a report today was saying until you sit down and start talking to usada, you don't know how hard that is. the people who are there and made the mistakes he did in a smaller way, they seem to have more empathy for him than everyone else. interesting. >> oprah asked about paying off allegations that he attempted to pay off usada or somebody in his world attempted to pay off usada. let's listen to what he said. >> last wednesday night travis tygart ceo of usada told 60 minutes sports that someone on your team offered a donation that us
he was an incredible competitor after lance armstrong and lance armstrong, as betty said, went after greg lemond. do you think lance armstrong gets it, bill? >> i think he gets that he should get it, and i think what we're seeing here is he's really struggling with it. what's interesting to me is there's sort of parallel views of this going on. there's a lot of people who are skeptical, but i was reading all the reactions today from jonathan and tyler hamilton and frankie. they have all...
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. >> brown: we have more on the fallout after lance armstrong's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs to build his championship career. >> suarez: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: information trickled out today about the siege of a natural gas plant in algeria. there was word that one american hostage had been killed, but a definitive accounting of all the captives remained elusive. at the same time, the algerians allowed the world to see pictures of some who'd been r
. >> brown: we have more on the fallout after lance armstrong's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs to build his championship career. >> suarez: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called...
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the week-long buzz around one- time cycling king lance armstrong came to a head last night in a series of rapid-fire confessions. >> yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of those banned substances e.p.o.? >> yes. >> did you ever blood-dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> suarez: in the interview with oprah winfrey, armstrong not only admitted to doping, but said cheating was just part of competing. >> was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping, seven times in a row? >> not in my opinion. i didn't invent the culture, but i didn't try to stop the culture. >> suarez: armstrong was stripped of his seven tour de france titles last year after the u.s. anti-doping agency accused him of masterminding an elaborate doping scheme. but until now, he had steadfastly and repeatedly denied the allegations. >> we have nothing to hide. we have nothing to run from. i never used drugs. >> suarez: anyone who suggested otherwise was attacked by armstrong and his allie
the week-long buzz around one- time cycling king lance armstrong came to a head last night in a series of rapid-fire confessions. >> yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of those banned substances e.p.o.? >> yes. >> did you ever blood-dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> suarez: in the interview with oprah winfrey, armstrong not only...
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what my theory is behind this entire really weird story, behind this hoax, lance armstrong. i'm obviously kidding. >> what? >> i'm obviously kidding, but my point is this. first of all, funny to see how much attention has been taken off lance armstrong this week by this manti te'o story, but my serious point is that you look at the issue of trust of sports stars. right? in the same week we've got lance armstrong, who we obviously, people trusted him for a decade or more and were inspired by, and now he's turned out to be nothing but a giant hoax and a sham. right? and we've got manti te'o who was a victim of a hoax possibly, but we're having a hard time believing that. i think stories like lance armstrong are part of why we're having such a hard time believing manti te'o could have been a victim. >> yeah. other than the lance armstrong theory, which you know we're kidding about, he did say that two guys and a girl are responsible for the whole thing. hoop is he talking about? >> well, he's talking about a guy named tuiasosopo. ronaiah tuiasosopo, a high school athlete in cal
what my theory is behind this entire really weird story, behind this hoax, lance armstrong. i'm obviously kidding. >> what? >> i'm obviously kidding, but my point is this. first of all, funny to see how much attention has been taken off lance armstrong this week by this manti te'o story, but my serious point is that you look at the issue of trust of sports stars. right? in the same week we've got lance armstrong, who we obviously, people trusted him for a decade or more and were...
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lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat. no, he was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. joining me is "the daily beast's" buzz bissinger and sports editor for "the nation" dave zirin. buzz, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for "newsweek" entitled "i still believe in lance armstrong," and yet last night his interview with oprah winfrey began with a series of yes and no questions. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of t
lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat. no, he was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of...
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jeff gardere on lance armstrong's strange apology. and the psychology of a liar. >>> donald trump tries to return fire in his twitter fight with deadspin and hilarity ensues. and it's do or die time for the filibuster reform in the senate, and harry reid and the democrats i think are dropping the ball. >> as women learn less than men for the same jobs, time in the senate ticks by. >> larry cohen and the communication workers of america joins me for the discussion. what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that's a great idea. i'm going to go... we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping at fedex office. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only f
jeff gardere on lance armstrong's strange apology. and the psychology of a liar. >>> donald trump tries to return fire in his twitter fight with deadspin and hilarity ensues. and it's do or die time for the filibuster reform in the senate, and harry reid and the democrats i think are dropping the ball. >> as women learn less than men for the same jobs, time in the senate ticks by. >> larry cohen and the communication workers of america joins me for the discussion. what are...
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who exactly is lance armstrong? >> you and i both know that fame just magnifies whoever you really are. so if you're a jerk you're a bigger jerk. if you're a humanitarian, you're a bigger humanitarian. >> um, i would say i was both, and we saw both. now we're seeing certainly more of the jerk part. >> cenk: jerk might not be the proper lexicon for this occasion. i think there is more of that jerk part still to come. save ziron this man has been our go-to man on everything lance armstrongen. thanks so much. >> great to be here. >> great to have you. >> john: what was your over all reaction. >> i thought it made the titanic look like a smooth viage by comparison. lance armstrong he hit iceberg oprah and it was all down hill from there. lance armstrong had two main tasks he had to get done in this interview, and he failed spectacularly at both of them. one, he had to chose the anti-doping agency that he was willing to play ball. he had to be willing to say your findings were correct and i throw myself on the court. the
who exactly is lance armstrong? >> you and i both know that fame just magnifies whoever you really are. so if you're a jerk you're a bigger jerk. if you're a humanitarian, you're a bigger humanitarian. >> um, i would say i was both, and we saw both. now we're seeing certainly more of the jerk part. >> cenk: jerk might not be the proper lexicon for this occasion. i think there is more of that jerk part still to come. save ziron this man has been our go-to man on everything...
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lance armstrong's riveting but incomplete confession. incomplete and many say other things as well, some say calculating, cocky, and cruel. whatever you call it, his effort continues as oprah winfrey runs the second installment of hir interview with the disgraced tour de france winner. after the interview, we'll have another edition of "360." this portion expected to deal with his betrayal of live strong. some people are less than happy with his confession so far. people he targeted for telling the truth when he was still lying. >> this is a guy who used to be my friend who decimated me. he could have come clean. he owed it to me. he oweds it to the sport that he destroyed. >> her husband used to ride with lance armstrong. she's going to join us later tonight, and again, will be reacting instantly to what she hears from armstrong. last night, she said armstrong dropped the ball, that he owed to her and her husband frankie to come clean. when he was lying, they were telling the truth, and he tried to destroy them, what she rea reacted so
lance armstrong's riveting but incomplete confession. incomplete and many say other things as well, some say calculating, cocky, and cruel. whatever you call it, his effort continues as oprah winfrey runs the second installment of hir interview with the disgraced tour de france winner. after the interview, we'll have another edition of "360." this portion expected to deal with his betrayal of live strong. some people are less than happy with his confession so far. people he targeted...
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what will the world here next from lance armstrong? -- hear next? a military operation at an algerian gas plant appears to be ongoing, three days after al qaeda-flynt fighters took hundreds of workers hostage. although more than six other people are reported to have been released, 30 foreign workers remain unaccounted for. algerian state media says 12 hostages have died. >> these and the people we were able to escape what may have been a terrifying experience for them, and relieved, they most certainly are. algerian television took these pictures, and it shows men, with praise for the algerian army, which took on the hostage crisis. >> the algerian army. >> i think they did a fantastic job. i am very impressed. >> my thoughts are with colleagues. >> still, the most reliable estimates are that dozens of hostages remain missing, unaccounted for, and a second operation has been undertaken by algerian forces to try to find an end. hopefully, it will be better than the first one, which ended in about 30 workers killed by troops, who apparently bombed it
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armstrong if he will rise again and lance armstrong simply said, i don't know. i don't know what's out there. >> ed lavandera in austin, texas, for us. we will see if, indeed, lance armstrong will rise again. thank you. this was an atypical week. another big sports story that had nothing to do with a game, nothing to do with competition. it's this manti todayo story and this fake girlfriend. he says he was duped and had no part in the hoax. he also says he has no real idea why he was targeted. we'll see what happens with that. let's go back to washington where randi kaye is at the national mall. hopefully it's starting to warm up now that the sun is up. 8:06 there in d.c. >> oh, yeah. sun's coming up. the sun is up. we have a nice, big heater about the size of a small car to my left over here. so that certainly helps. they're taking good care of us here on the set at cnn. even as washington prepares for president obama's inauguration, it's also vowing to do everything necessary to protect americans in a harrowing hostage crisis unfolding in algeria. dan rivers i
armstrong if he will rise again and lance armstrong simply said, i don't know. i don't know what's out there. >> ed lavandera in austin, texas, for us. we will see if, indeed, lance armstrong will rise again. thank you. this was an atypical week. another big sports story that had nothing to do with a game, nothing to do with competition. it's this manti todayo story and this fake girlfriend. he says he was duped and had no part in the hoax. he also says he has no real idea why he was...
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. >> to the world of sports now, as expected, former cycling star lance armstrong has admitted to doping during his professional career. by doing so, he has potentially open himself up to a stream of litigation that could hurt him financially for years to come. >> the biggest question is weather the u.s. government will reopen its investigation of the cyclists -- whether the u.s. government will reopen its investigation. >> the second half of the interview will be broadcast later today. here's more. >> oprah winfrey did not waste any time demanding a simple answer to questions that lance armstrong had spent years dodging. >> yes or no -- did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no -- in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take let -- banned substances? >> yes. >> blood transfusions, testosterone, cortisone, human growth hormones -- lance armstrong admitted to using a range of methods and substances. he said he did not see himself as a cheat because it was part of cycling culture. >> i view the situation as one big lie
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for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in alger ya tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the blooirn, is then ra winning the gun debate. and the arctic tick director of the most famous ballet in the world has been attacked with acid. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after
for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in alger ya tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the blooirn, is then ra winning the gun debate. and the arctic tick director of the most famous ballet in the world has been attacked...
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for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in algeria tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the bottom line, is the nra winning the gun debate. >> and the artistic director of the most famous ballet in the world has been attacked with acid. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. excuse me, sir
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lance armstrong admits he did it and now they tally up the cost. >>> and the hidden danger exposed by that terrible hoax at notre dame and how many find themselves caught up in something like it. >>> also, our friday night "making a difference" report. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening, there's some sad news heading into this weekend for at least one american family. an american has been killed overseas. his death believed to be the result of a mission launched to free a large group of hostages who were taken at a bp natural gas complex. islamic militants took hostages at the facility in the sahara desert in algeria. in retaliation for the fact that france has launched a war against islamic insurgents over these past few days in the nearby nation of mali. the u.s. found itself caught in the middle of this with u.s. citizens working overseas, held hostage, and a rescue mission to free them carried out by a foreign nation. there's still a lot we don't know about survivors, casualt
lance armstrong admits he did it and now they tally up the cost. >>> and the hidden danger exposed by that terrible hoax at notre dame and how many find themselves caught up in something like it. >>> also, our friday night "making a difference" report. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening, there's some sad news heading into...
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. >> lance armstrong apologizes, but can he rebuilt his tarnished reputation? >>> the algerian hostage crisis is over. special forces stormed the remote gas plant, killing 11 gunmen after they took the lives of 74 hostages. -- took the lives of 7 4 hostages. dozens of people are still unaccounted for. at 29 gunmen said to have links with al qaeda are thought to have been killed. >> the first photo to emerge out of what happened shows hostages kneeling captive in the desert. in other pictures broadcast by algerian tv, they are shown group against a wall. we don't know how many of these people survived what was to come. army helicopter swooped over the complex as they were cornered by algerian special forces. the hopes of a clinical rescue operation and release of hostages have been dashed, state media reporting that seven hostages and 11 militants were killed in the final assault. workers from britain, the u.s., japan, and norway are still among those unaccounted for. in norway, the prime minister has visited the families. >> it was a very emotional meeting with
. >> lance armstrong apologizes, but can he rebuilt his tarnished reputation? >>> the algerian hostage crisis is over. special forces stormed the remote gas plant, killing 11 gunmen after they took the lives of 74 hostages. -- took the lives of 7 4 hostages. dozens of people are still unaccounted for. at 29 gunmen said to have links with al qaeda are thought to have been killed. >> the first photo to emerge out of what happened shows hostages kneeling captive in the desert....
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and that's going to keep him talking for a long time. >> reporter: walsh says lance armstrong has to become the greatest whistle blower cycling has ever seen. armstrong said he would be willing to appear before an anti-doping agency's truth and reconciliation commission, brian. >> i heard it contended today the sport is cleaner today. and why would that be? >> reporter: they say if you look at the science, it proves it. look at the times. they have gone down since armstrong's era and if you look at blood levels, you're not seeing the high levels where you saw more red blood cells, more oxygen. because they have the bio passport and instead of testing for specific drugs, tests for changes. so when they see those changes, they know a rider is doping. it's more effective. >> anne thompson has covered this issue and this man for years. thanks. >>> ray nagin, who as mayor of new orleans gained notoriety for his erratic behavior during hurricane katrina, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 21 counts of conspiracy, bribery, money laundering, tax fraud and filing false tax returns.
and that's going to keep him talking for a long time. >> reporter: walsh says lance armstrong has to become the greatest whistle blower cycling has ever seen. armstrong said he would be willing to appear before an anti-doping agency's truth and reconciliation commission, brian. >> i heard it contended today the sport is cleaner today. and why would that be? >> reporter: they say if you look at the science, it proves it. look at the times. they have gone down since armstrong's...
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lance armstrong is a man with an estimated net worth of $125 million. so $75 million day is obviously -- means a lot to him. most of that comes from sponsors like nike. but the fortune could be wiped completely clean now that he's likely to be hit with a string of lawsuits. anything he says tonight, the question is could it make any kind of difference in the court of public opinion which is very relevant here. dana jacobson has interviewed lance armstrong, good to see body of you. let me start by asking each of you, anyone who wasn't watching you last night, you watched the first part of the interview. you were both -- you were not satisfied. i'm putting it nicely. you didn't think he did a good job. >> he wasn't contrite at all. he didn't -- he may have been trying to say i'm sorry. he didn't even come close to it in the way he acted and the way he acted toward people that he hurt. i don't know how he makes up for it tonight. i don't know how that's possible -- >> you don't think he could say something -- he's talking about his wife, his children -- >>
lance armstrong is a man with an estimated net worth of $125 million. so $75 million day is obviously -- means a lot to him. most of that comes from sponsors like nike. but the fortune could be wiped completely clean now that he's likely to be hit with a string of lawsuits. anything he says tonight, the question is could it make any kind of difference in the court of public opinion which is very relevant here. dana jacobson has interviewed lance armstrong, good to see body of you. let me start...
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i don't think lance armstrong really knows who lance armstrong is. >> dr. jeff gardere, thank you for joining us on the ed show. appreciate it so much. that is the ed show. i'm ed schultz. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, ed. i'll see you in d.c. >> i might jump out of the booth and join the parade. >> i'll see you there. >> you bet. >> thanks for joining us tonight. have you ever heard of the vix? it's spelled v-i-x for volatility index. it's sometimes called the fear index. vix is a numerical index of volatility and fear in the stock market. it tells us in chart form, in numerical form how these guys are feeling, if they get spooked by their bosses, clients, horoscopes, whatever. if they start trading like crazy people for whatever reason, the vix goes up. it registers fear. what causes the vix to spike typically is news about the economy. actual real-world events. this, for example, is what happened to the vix on october 24th, 2008, that big red arrow there. that's when the stock market crashed in '08, one o
i don't think lance armstrong really knows who lance armstrong is. >> dr. jeff gardere, thank you for joining us on the ed show. appreciate it so much. that is the ed show. i'm ed schultz. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, ed. i'll see you in d.c. >> i might jump out of the booth and join the parade. >> i'll see you there. >> you bet. >> thanks for joining us tonight. have you ever heard of the vix? it's spelled...
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cbs, on on why armstrong didn't think it was wrong. >> reporter: lance armstrong's long awaited confession came, after oprah winfrey's first question. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> reporter: armstrong told the world his unprecedented cycling career would not have been possible without doping. >> i viewed this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: the disgraced cyclist said he used blood transfusions, testosterone and the blood booster epo to get ahead. >> it did not even feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> reporter: armstrong does not consider his conduct cheating. he said it leveled the playing field during a time when many competitors were also doping. >> i didn't invent the culture, but i didn't try to stop the culture. >> reporter: he denied threatening teammates on the u.s. postal service team to use drugs, but he admitted bullying them to do just about everything else his way. >> it's a major flaw, and it's a guy who expected to get whatever he wanted and to control every outcome. >> reporter: the u.s.
cbs, on on why armstrong didn't think it was wrong. >> reporter: lance armstrong's long awaited confession came, after oprah winfrey's first question. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> reporter: armstrong told the world his unprecedented cycling career would not have been possible without doping. >> i viewed this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: the disgraced cyclist...
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we have been talking about lance armstrong, manti te'o. it gets to us thinking when we have these sort of heros we hold in high regard. is there some sort of broader cultural question that needs to be addressed? we hold these heros in high regard. we're surprised when they fall from grace. does it say something about our culture that we hold these individuals in such high regard and maybe don't expect these things to happen? >> i think a lot of americans and a lot of people it's intuitive that we vicariously live our own dreams through people that who do things that we know deep down can never do. whether it's score 100 points in a basketball game or whether it's hit 10 home runs during a game. sometimes we equate heroism with something that is an athletic skill or even entertainment skill. real heroism is when you sacrifice yourself for the better of someone else. not when you simply do something that makes you rich and famous. >> clayton: when we hear from veterans who come back and they never talk about themselves. >> they are heros. th
we have been talking about lance armstrong, manti te'o. it gets to us thinking when we have these sort of heros we hold in high regard. is there some sort of broader cultural question that needs to be addressed? we hold these heros in high regard. we're surprised when they fall from grace. does it say something about our culture that we hold these individuals in such high regard and maybe don't expect these things to happen? >> i think a lot of americans and a lot of people it's intuitive...